Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church
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"Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church" is a memoir co-written by former church member Lauren Drain and journalist Lisa Pulitzer that recounts Drain’s upbringing in, indoctrination by, and eventual expulsion from the extremist Westboro Baptist Church.
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| about |
Drain family
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Fred Phelps NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Drain NERFINISHED ⓘ Westboro Baptist Church protests ⓘ |
| author | Lauren Drain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Lisa Pulitzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coWriter | Lisa Pulitzer as collaborator on narrative structure ⓘ |
| coWriterProfession | journalist ⓘ |
| describes |
expulsion from Westboro Baptist Church
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indoctrination by Westboro Baptist Church ⓘ upbringing in Westboro Baptist Church ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
leaving a high-control religious group
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psychological impact of religious extremism ⓘ rebuilding life after shunning ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ religious memoir ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conformity and dissent
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critical thinking ⓘ family loyalty versus personal conscience ⓘ forgiveness and healing ⓘ identity formation ⓘ religious intolerance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
LGBTQ+ hatred in religion
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Westboro Baptist Church NERFINISHED ⓘ cult-like religious groups ⓘ excommunication ⓘ family relationships ⓘ indoctrination ⓘ religious extremism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of shunning and family separation
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insider perspective on Westboro Baptist Church ⓘ |
| portrays |
internal dynamics of Westboro Baptist Church
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use of picketing and protests by Westboro Baptist Church ⓘ |
| setting |
Topeka, Kansas
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various protest locations in the United States ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general adult readers
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readers interested in memoirs ⓘ readers interested in religion and cults ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | Lauren Drain’s childhood and young adulthood ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | early major public account by a former Westboro Baptist Church member ⓘ |
| workType | personal testimony ⓘ |
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